Ive been watching them all weekend doing speeches etc. Paul Ryan is actually fantastic!! and Romney looks like he is having one hell of a time, finally. A little pep in his step. Ryan completes him, lol. (You complete... me, Jerry McGuire)

And then will be edited heavily to show them saying things far out of context. Why ‘R’ candidates agree to go on any of the domestic terrorist networks (NBC, ABC, CBS) blows my mind.. It’s as if they think ‘Hey I’LL be the one that they interview fairly and show in a decent light.” Wrong. They hate you. They hate your family. They love chaos. They love communism. Mostly, they love themselves.

I'm all for it. Any attempts by CBS to do selective editing will quickly be exposed by other media - such as what we saw in the Zimmerman case. Romney and Ryan are both well spoken and need the exposure if they are going to capture the votes of Independents and disaffected Democrats. You aren't going to win this election by only appearing on the Sean Hannity Show.

I think this hurt Sarah Palin last go-around. The McCain campaign dithered around with respect to putting Palin out there in the media. The media meme became that "Palin is unprepared." As a result, when Palin did finally do some interviews, there was more scrutiny on her than there should have been.

Why in the hell would you reward 60 Minutes with the first interview? If anything, they should be the last. Their record of partisanship is second to none and should be the basis for putting them last.

These guys are not Palin, as I am sure you agree. They are neither novices to the blood sport of a national campaign, nor trapped in sentiment alone as their only tool of battle. These guys are ready for a tour de’ force, Ryan being an authority in his field, with large footprints in brains and politics and Ruse Romney is his own master of the long knives.

Ryan has already bested Obama himself face to face. The media might not get their assignment so easily accomplished against Ryan though they will try to make him cry. He is smarter than they are clearly.

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posted on 08/12/2012 1:16:44 PM PDT
by RitaOK
(NO ROMNEY, NO COMPROMISE. NO WAY. NO HOW. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.)

Even if they do, the 60 min “crew” will slice and dice the inverview and put it back together — with plenty of innuendo slathered in between sound bytes — to make them look like Attilla the Hun and David Duke.

This is a really, really BAD idea.

Unless they secure an ironclad promise that the news crew will air the interview in its entirety, with NO comment and NO analysis, they should avoid ANY outing with the devil’s children that call themselves the MSM.

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posted on 08/12/2012 1:37:28 PM PDT
by Nervous Tick
(Love the cult, respect the leader, but I simply can't drink the koolaid and die.)

Palin had a sweet naivete thinking she would be treated fairly and was not properly managed or prepared by Mr. Idiot McCain with his refusal to kick any serious ass. If anybody will be pissing their pants it will be Schieffer.

Ryan is very well prepared now after 14 years of serious street fighting. Romney might waffle in some ways, but Ryan will kick serious ass.

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posted on 08/12/2012 1:52:35 PM PDT
by Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)

Romney and Ryan aren’t Sarah Palin.
Having said that, it would be smart of them to require that their agreement is conditioned on approving the final edited version, considering the antics CBS is capable of.
Otherwise it very well could be several instances of Ralph Maccio in `My Cousin Vinny’ saying, “I killed those people?” with the question marks left on the cutting room floor.
Sixty Minutes is the belly of the beast.

I saw the version posted online which was clearly hacked up and Bob's aww shucks smarminess is tiresome. Sadly he might be the best on the broadcast networks these days.

Romney seemed very at ease, the most at ease I've noted which I find encouraging. Ryan focused on some key phrases and language about jobs we can expect throughout the campaign and the lack of leadership. Romney focused on presenting Ryan as a bipartisan leader. It's smart.

Romney's smart to pivot away from the trap that he's now committed to Ryan's budget plan by reminding Bob he has his own plan and that's what they're running on.

Notice the press and Dems always talk about the first Mediscare proposal that Newt called "right-wing social engineering" and ignore the newer bipartisan Wyden-Ryan reform plan which gives a choice between the existing system or the new for younger Americans.

They seem likeable, competent, genuine, a team but I don't have a tingle up my leg for this ticket. Some of it may be fatigue and skepticism. Don't dare hope.

As I've said for many many months, if Obama was John F Kerry or John McCain with the same record, he'd be doomed to one and done as he should be. However, I won't believe it's over until the results are certified. As a country we can't handle another 2000. I don't know if we can collectively handle another four years of "Hope & Change."

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